Lexic.us

Definition of Prunus demissa

1. Noun. Chokecherry of western United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prunus Demissa

Literary usage of Prunus demissa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"prunus demissa (Nutt.) Walp. Western Wild Cherry. (Fig. 2025. ... prunus demissa Walp. Rep. 2: 10. 1843. A shrub or small tree, with greatest height of ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"prunus demissa (Nutt.) Walp. Western Wild Cherry. (Fig. ... prunus demissa Walp. Rep. 2: 1o. 1843. A shrub or small tree, with greatest height of about 3o° ..."

3. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1891)
"The cherries of the state are represented by the Prunus pumila, Prunus Virginia and prunus demissa. The first, Prunus pumila, or sand cherry, does not vary ..."

4. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"The writer observed a few of the wild specimens of Prunus americana affected by fungus in the vicinity of Greeley, and it is common on prunus demissa in the ..."

5. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1906)
"... morbosa upon prunus demissa and P. americana. The writer observed a few of the wild specimens of Prunus americana affected bj fungus in the vicinity of ..."

6. Plant Indicators: The Relation of Plant Communities to Process and Practice by Frederic Edward Clements (1920)
"These are the Petran or Cercocarpus-Quercus association composed chiefly of Quercus undulata, Cercocarpus parvifolius, Rhus trilobata, prunus demissa, ..."

7. Annual Report of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society: For the Year by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1891)
"The cherries of the state are represented by the Prunus pumila, Primus Virginia and prunus demissa. The first, Prunus pumila, or sand cherry, does not vary ..."

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